Friday, 3 February 2023

RED ROSES

 

Red roses

For my true love

Each stem symbolic

One for each year

Each unopened bud

A year yet to come

RED DAWN

 

The Red Dawn of a new day

A glimpse of heaven

Signifying a new beginning

Another precious gift

Another day of life

Not to be squandered

But be accepted

In the spirit it was given

THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH

 

The Red River of the North

Is born at the confluence

Of the Bois de Sioux

And the Otter Tail

Flowing north through

The Red River Valley,

Forming the border

Of Minnesota and North Dakota

On its journey into Manitoba

Where it washes into Lake Winnipeg

And spreads into the vast deltaic wetland

Known as Netley Marsh

SKYLARKS

 

Skylarks sing songs of joy

The sweetest you will find

Serenading the young at heart

And the romantically inclined

JOYOUS SKYLARKS

Silence fell across

The Vale, when joyous Skylarks

No longer sang their song

OH MR BLUE TIT

 

Oh Mr Blue Tit

How sweetly you sit

When into my garden

You pleasantly flit

 

Oh Mr Blue Tit

With your coat so blue

Take care in the garden

A cat is watching you

 

Oh Mr Blue Tit

You have seen it

As from my garden

You urgently flit

RUDDY MALLARD

 

Ruddy Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Ruddy complexioned

Ruddy birdwatchers

AUTUMN MORNING

  The mist cascaded down the hillside Like a maiden’s hair Tumbling onto her shoulders The bare branches of the birch trees Pierced ...